#BD9955#BD9955

#BD9955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9955
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 5.14, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 40.75, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0135 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.097 82)
XYZ	xyz(34.0187, 34.2591, 13.4134)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9955 #5579BD

analogous

#BD6555 #BD9955 #ADBD55

triadic

#BD9955 #55BD99 #9955BD

tetradic

#BD9955 #55BD65 #5579BD #BD55AD

square

#BD9955 #55BD65 #5579BD #BD55AD

split-complementary

#BD9955 #55ADBD #6555BD

monochromatic

#6D562A #99793C #BD9955 #CEB381 #DFCEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9955

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9955	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bd9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9955;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.34257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9955

secondary

#A1B0CD

accent

#80D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9955

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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